Author: The National Center

Watch Your Step on "First Step Act," by Constable Council Nedd II

Watch Your Step on “First Step Act,” by Constable Council Nedd II

Our criminal justice system may need reform, but the “First Step Act” that’s now headed for the President’s desk poses a significant risk to public safety – particularly for the most vulnerable members of our communities. For aspiring criminals, mandatory ...
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'First Step Act' Criticized by Black Conservatives as Harmful to Minority Communities

‘First Step Act’ Criticized by Black Conservatives as Harmful to Minority Communities

Press Release /
Bill Undermines Mandatory Minimum Sentencing That Applies Law Equitably, Prevents Lenient Judicial Activism Washington, D.C. - Black conservative leaders are speaking out against the "First Step Act" criminal justice reform bill because of provisions in the bill that would undermine the ...
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Watch Your Step: First Step Act Could Harm Minority Communities, by Horace Cooper, Stacy Washington and Council Nedd II

Watch Your Step: First Step Act Could Harm Minority Communities, by Horace Cooper, Stacy Washington and Council Nedd II

National Policy Analysis #680 /
Senator Mitch McConnell is considering taking the “First Step Act” (S. 2795), a criminal justice reform bill, to the Senate floor for a vote during the lame duck session. He should not. The U.S. criminal justice system is in need ...
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Students Miss Out When Religious Debate is Banished from Classroom, by Derryck Green

Students Miss Out When Religious Debate is Banished from Classroom, by Derryck Green

New Visions Commentary /
Teachers should absolutely discuss religion with their students. A comprehensive education necessarily includes learning and discussing issues of faith. This is not an easy process when rules keeping religion off school grounds are rigidly enforced. The underlying question that really ...
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Detroit School Board Condemned for Blacklisting Ben Carson

Detroit School Board Condemned for Blacklisting Ben Carson

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Black Activists Say Voting Carson’s Name Off School Devalues Black Achievement, Ignores Hope and History Washington, D.C. - A Detroit school honoring Dr. Ben Carson may be renamed, and activists with the Project 21 black leadership network criticize the effort ...
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Black Activists Call on CNN Management to Address Don Lemon's Racial Comments

Black Activists Call on CNN Management to Address Don Lemon’s Racial Comments

Host Called White Men America's "Biggest Terror Threat" Washington, D.C. - Leaders of the Project 21 black leadership network are calling on CNN to break its silence about host Don Lemon's radical on-air comments in which he called white men ...
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Why I Choose to Pack a Pistol Inside My Own Parish, by Bishop Council Nedd II

Why I Choose to Pack a Pistol Inside My Own Parish, by Bishop Council Nedd II

New Visions Commentary /
Well into last Sunday’s worship service, someone entered my church and was lurking in the rear of the sanctuary. As I tended to matters of faith in the pulpit, I was also assessing that potential security threat. After the horrific Pittsburgh ...
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Black Activists Support Trump Fuel Efficiency Plan in Public Comments

Black Activists Support Trump Fuel Efficiency Plan in Public Comments

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Washington, DC – Calling “excessive regulation… one of the most significant non-racial obstacles to black economic progress,” members of the Project 21 black leadership network filed public comments with the federal government supporting a halt to increasing Corporate Average Fuel ...
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Voter Fraud Undermines the Votes of Black Americans, by Derrick Hollie

Voter Fraud Undermines the Votes of Black Americans, by Derrick Hollie

New Visions Commentary /
We often hear people complain that their votes don’t count, and recent election results have many questioning our voting process. Indeed, without effective safeguards, the civil rights movement’s goal of making everybody’s vote count may never be achieved. White authorities ...
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In Renaming Senate Building, Is Any Candidate Perfect? by Christopher Arps

In Renaming Senate Building, Is Any Candidate Perfect? by Christopher Arps

New Visions Commentary /
John McCain, the late Arizona senator and former presidential nominee, was referred to as a “maverick” by his colleagues and the media for his fierce independence. McCain, who began his service to our nation as a Navy pilot and then ...
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